casuistically

ca·su·ist (k

st)

A person who is expert in or given to casuistry.

[French casuiste, from Spanish casuista, from Latin csus, case; see case¹.]

casuist [ˈkæzjʊɪst]

1. (Philosophy) a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases

2. a person who is oversubtle in his analysis of fine distinctions; sophist

[from French casuiste, from Spanish casuista, from Latin cāsus case¹]

casuistic , casuistical adj

casuistically adv

casuist

1. a person who studies and resolves questions of right and wrong in conduct.
2. an oversubtle or specious reasoner. — casuistic, adj.

See also: Ethics

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Noun

casuist - someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

sophist

ratiocinator, reasoner - someone who reasons logically

Translations

casuist [ˈkæzjʊɪst] N (frm) → casuista mf (pej) → sofista mf

casuist

n → Kasuist m

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He cheerfully broke or casuistically reinterpreted the vows he had made about conducting his pilgrimage strictly on foot to Rome, indeed attributing to the "voice of the Gods" his decision to cover the last few dozen miles to Milan by railroad.

'A Catholic in the room': second thoughts on Hilaire Belloc by Steinfels, Peter / Commonweal

374), Warwick reasons casuistically to the countess that "Honour is often lost and got again" (2.

Royal carnality and illicit desire in the English history plays of ... by Forker, Charles R. / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

In these and other scenes in which the lady both acknowledges and casuistically evades the authority of her uncle, Cavendish seems to be suggesting that conscientious consent is required for a contract or any other "law" (including the moral law) to be binding.

Margaret Cavendish and the romance of contract by Kahn, Victoria / Renaissance Quarterly

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